- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned of a “dire and perilous” situation in Gaza’s hospitals, saying that more patients, including, premature babies are “tragically” dying.
- Gaza’s two largest hospitals, Al-Shifa and Al-Quds, have both closed. Israeli snipers continue to fire at anyone near Al-Shifa Hospital, trapping thousands inside.
- Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says at least 2,300 people are still inside Al-Shifa. The Israeli military says it has agreed to help evacuate babies from the hospital to a “safer” facility but denies Al-Shifa has lost power.
- Israel’s president Isaac Herzog says Hamas has its base underneath the building – something Hamas denies. The Israeli military says it is not hitting the hospital during fighting.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross has said the conditions under which civilians are evacuating in the Gaza Strip are “precarious and unsafe”.
- European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said “pauses” are needed to enable the evacuation of hospital patients who need urgent medical care.
- More than 11,100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, although the number has not been updated since contact was lost with key hospitals on Friday. In Israel, the death toll from Hamas’s attacks stands at more than 1,200, having been revised downwards. (Al Jazeera)
